德國稱朝鮮通過駐柏林大使館購買核設備

North Korea has been getting equipment and technology for its nuclear weapons program through its embassy in Berlin, Germany's intelligence chief says.

BfV head Han-Georg Maassen told German public television NDR that German authorities suspect underground markets and shadow buyers got their hands on the parts and the North Koreans procured them in Germany.

He did not say exactly what equipment the North Koreans bought, but said it is likely duel-use technology, meaning it has civilian and military purposes.

The German TV report says the North carried out its activities in Germany in 2016 and 2017, but that a North Korean diplomat tried to buy a monitor used in chemical weapons production as early as 2014.

A North Korean embassy spokesman denies the report, telling cnn it is "simply not true."德國情報機構負責人說，朝鮮一直通過其駐柏林大使館獲得開發核武器項目所需的設備和技術。

德國聯邦憲法保衛局負責人馬森對德國公共電視臺NDR說，德國當局懷疑黑市上的掮客購買零部件，朝鮮駐德國大使館再從他們手中購買。

馬森沒有具體說朝鮮購買了什麼設備，但是說很可能是軍民兩用技術。

德國公共電視臺報道，朝鮮在2016年和2017年進行了購買行動，但是一名朝鮮外交官在2014年曾試圖購買一臺生產化學武器所需要的監視器。

朝鮮駐德國大使館發言人否認這項消息，對美國的有線電視新聞網說，消息根本不真實。